As the pope rightly points out, popular piety's "active evangelizing power" must not be underestimated. Many Filipino devotees' prayers to Mary and other saints have sustained them in the most trying ...

Festivals are prime manifestations of the Filipino’s fervent devotion and faith characterized by history, artistry, creativity, and passion. “Viva Pit Senyor” and “Viva Senyor Hesus Nazareno” ...

Kiray Celis has taken to Instagram to share a truly heartfelt message for Stephan. She started her post by saying that for as ...

THIS year's "Traslacion," or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...

More than eight million people participated in one way or another in the Traslacion. That’s 55 percent of Metro Manila’s population of over 14 million (as of 20 ...

The procession, called the "traslacion", or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish capital of Intramuros to its present location in ...

The Traslacion, which started at the Quirino ... was marked by numerous incidents as devotees attempted to get closer to the Black Nazarene’s image. Hundreds of devotees were treated by ...

While awed by the unsurpassed outpouring of faith, the environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lamented the widespread littering that again blighted the Feast of the Black Nazarene. As the ...